Anonymous
6/26/2025, 2:17:34 AM
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>>24496494
lol, yeah, I noticed that too. It's bizarre. One of the monarchs is a remnant too. You would think that with the ability to climb so high, remnants would have more protections against slaughter. But no, they don't.
If I had to try and make sense of it, I would think that allowing remnants to develop into independent entities would be a strain on resources. Since it takes a lot to keep a remnant alive. they take about as much resources as a living person. And most people are trying to get stronger themselves. Why waste resources on someone who is only a shadow of the person you once knew? Also, if a remnant is not born with a keen mind, then you're essentially taking care of a mental invalid, until you have enough resources to get them to regain their minds. How many years could that be? Nobody wants to take care of some 30 IQ braindead thing for an extended period, waiting for them to develop into a functioning human being again. And all the while, they have the power to harm and kill others without even realizing what they're doing. The calmer remnants just wander aimlessly, but it's still a strain on everyone to keep the remnant alive.
The books does address the morality of it when it comes to Tiberian Aurelius. His remnant is held in captivity, and that bothers a lot of the characters. But that's part in due to the fact that he was formally so powerful. And also in part due that his remnant is almost an exact copy of himself, even in mind. So he has the mental wherewithal to understand his captivity and suffer from it.
So yeah, I think that taking care of a remnant isn't really viable, unless you have herald level resources at least.
lol, yeah, I noticed that too. It's bizarre. One of the monarchs is a remnant too. You would think that with the ability to climb so high, remnants would have more protections against slaughter. But no, they don't.
If I had to try and make sense of it, I would think that allowing remnants to develop into independent entities would be a strain on resources. Since it takes a lot to keep a remnant alive. they take about as much resources as a living person. And most people are trying to get stronger themselves. Why waste resources on someone who is only a shadow of the person you once knew? Also, if a remnant is not born with a keen mind, then you're essentially taking care of a mental invalid, until you have enough resources to get them to regain their minds. How many years could that be? Nobody wants to take care of some 30 IQ braindead thing for an extended period, waiting for them to develop into a functioning human being again. And all the while, they have the power to harm and kill others without even realizing what they're doing. The calmer remnants just wander aimlessly, but it's still a strain on everyone to keep the remnant alive.
The books does address the morality of it when it comes to Tiberian Aurelius. His remnant is held in captivity, and that bothers a lot of the characters. But that's part in due to the fact that he was formally so powerful. And also in part due that his remnant is almost an exact copy of himself, even in mind. So he has the mental wherewithal to understand his captivity and suffer from it.
So yeah, I think that taking care of a remnant isn't really viable, unless you have herald level resources at least.